Word: shots
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hammer 'Furman '90, 66ft. 7in.; 440 yards dash, Stothers, '90, 56 3-4s., (beaking the record); running hop, skip and jump, Bloss '90, 42ft. (break the record); mile walk, Chamberlain '90, 9m. 7 1-4s; 220 yards dash, Ellis '90 24 1-4s.; putting the shot, Ford '91, 30ft. 8In.; running broad jump, Heywood '89 19ft. (breaking record); 100 yards three legged race, Ewing and Ellis '90, 12 1-2s; standing broad jump, Bullard '89, 9ft. 10in.; mile run, Grover '90, 5m. 10s.; pole vault, Parrot, '80, 8ft. 6in.; hurdle race, '90, 22s. (breading record); throwing...
...Putting shot 16 pounds-David B. Lyman, 32 feet, 6 inches...
...trouble to make the programme as attractive as possible. and the games will certainly be a great success. The events open to amateurs are as follows: 100, 200, 440, and 880 yards dashes, 2 mile bicycle, one quarter mile bicycle race in heats, running high jump, putting 16 pound shot. All of the events except the quarter mile bicycle race are handicapped. Besides the open events the following invitation events, all of which are scratch, are offered by the management: 125, 220, 880 yard dashes, and one mile run. A large number of college athletes have been invited to participate...
Putting the shot, (16 pounds)-J. Moore, Worcester; distance, 31 feet, 10 inches. P. V. K. Johnson, Hopkinson's, second...
George B. Gray, the champion shotputter, put the 16 pound shot 45 feet 2 inches last Friday, beating his American record of 44 feet 5 inches...